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This I Believe II Spiral-Bound | 2009-07-21

Jay Allison Dan Gediman Jay Allison (Edited by) Dan Gediman (Edited by)

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The new paperback in the bestselling series of inspiring personal philosophies

This collection of This I Believe essays gathers seventy-five essayists--ranging from famous to previously unknown--completing the thought that begins the book's title. With contributors who run the gamut from cellist Yo-Yo Ma, to professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, to ordinary folks like a diner waitress, an Iraq War veteran, a farmer, a new husband, and many others, This I Believe II, like the first New York Times bestselling collection, showcases moving and irresistible essays.

Included are Sister Helen Prejean writing about learning what she truly believes through watching her own actions, singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore writing about a hard-won wisdom based on being generous to others, and Robert Fulghum writing about dancing all the dances for as long as he can. Readers will also find wonderful and surprising essays about forgiveness, personal integrity, and honoring life and change.

Here is a welcome, stirring, and provocative communion with the minds and hearts of a diverse, new group of people--whose beliefs and the remarkably varied ways in which they choose to express them reveal the American spirit at its best.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 0805090894
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.6 x 8.0 inches
"This feast of ruminations is a treat for any reader."-Publisher's Weekly (starred review)



"Allison and Gediman have assembled a cadre of remarkable, insightful contributors."-Louisville Courier-Journal



"Astonishing to read and reread, this work is a wonderful addition to any library."-Library Journal



"By turns moving, thoughtful, cheering and heartbreaking, in an age of irony these essays offer a little something to believe in"--St. Petersburg Times



"Many will leave you breathless. And those that don't astonish may simply humble you . . . . They speak to the best in all of us and leave us in awe of the unheralded virtue that surrounds us every day."-- The Christian Science Monitor

Jay Allison, the curator and producer of This I Believe on NPR, is an independent broadcast journalist whose work has earned him five Peabody Awards. He founded the public radio Web sites transom.org and prx.org, and the public radio station on Cape Cod, where he lives.

Dan Gediman is the executive producer of This I Believe. His work has been heard on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Marketplace, Jazz Profiles, and This American Life. He has won many of public broadcasting's most prestigious awards, including the duPont-Columbia Award.